Family Marantaceae Brown 1814 (arrowroot)
Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Marantaceae
Parent taxon: Zingiberales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000 and Prasad et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Cannaceae, Costaceae, Ensete, Heliconiaceae, Lowiaceae, Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Zingiberaceae
Subtaxa: Alpinia Clinogyne Donax Phrynium
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
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